• Born: 1 August 1887, Texas, USA ³
• Marriage (1): Mary Lora WHITELEY on 20 November 1910 in Bell County, Texas, USA
• Died: 26 October 1965, Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA at age 78
• Buried: 28 October 1965, Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA

   Other names for Sam were Sam MATHEW,³ Samuel MATHEWS,⁴ S. M. MATTHEWS,⁵ Samuel MATTHEWS,⁶ Samuel M. MATTHEWS and Shorty MATTHEWS.

  Burial Notes

Copperas Cove Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Other Spouses: Tommy Madolyn Huffman (1911-1975, m. Abt 1926).

• Nickname: Shorty.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 6 June 1900 in Precinct No. 4, Coryell County, Texas, USA.
  
  Alfred Matthews       57
  Georgia M Matthews       52
  Burley M Matthews       21
  Myrtle Matthews       18
  Bulah Matthews       15
  John G Matthews       10
  Samuel Matthews       12

• He worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Mail on 2 January 1920 in Justice Precinct 3, Coryell County, Texas, USA. ³

• He appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 2 January 1920 in Justice Precinct 3, Coryell County, Texas, USA. ³
  

Mathew Sam        Head   M  W  32       M   Texas   Mississippi     Texas           Mail Carrier/U.S. Mail
------ Lora M     Wife   F  W  26       M   Texas   United States   United States   None
------ Cyril H    Son    M  W   7       S   Texas   Texas           Texas           None
------ Buran S    Son    M  W   5       S   Texas   Texas           Texas           None
------ Chloma M   Dau    F  W   2 8/12  S   Texas   Texas           Texas           None
------ Holden D   Son    M  W   5/12    S   Texas   Texas           Texas           None

• He had a residence in 1928 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA. ⁴

• He was buried at the Copperas Cove Cemetery in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA in 1965.

Sam married Mary Lora WHITELEY, daughter of Amos Martin WHITELEY and Mary Ann HUFFMAN, on 20 November 1910 in Bell County, Texas, USA. The marriage ended in divorce before 1928. (Mary Lora WHITELEY was born on 28 August 1893 in Texas, USA,^{3 7} died on 13 April 1993 in Lubbock County, Texas, USA and was buried in 1993 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA.)

  Marriage Notes

This might be pure fabrication, but according to a story told by someone from Sam's second family (a known big story teller), the split between Sam and his first wife Lora happened when Sam awakened from a nap, and Lora was standing over him stropping a butcher knife like she was getting ready to cut his throat. Sam rolled off the bed, jumped out the window, and never went back. A creek he'd had to pass over coming back from his mail route was so swollen he couldn't get home, so he'd spent the previous night on the other side.

As another child from Sam's second family commented, "Might not be a bit of truth in it (or about the creek), but it's a pretty good story."